*Same-day availability may vary by location.
Starting at $75. Additional items from +$15.
Junk builds up faster than you notice, and hauling it off yourself burns a Saturday. Book a pickup in the Heart of the Roaring Fork Valley and see a real price before you commit.
You call your trash hauler and get a no. You check whether your address qualifies for a county drop-off. Two haulers quote, one never calls back, and a month later the junk still sits where it was.
There is no town-run bulk collection here, so anything past your cart is between you and whichever hauler you subscribe to. Special pickups get fit around their route, and landfill credits depend on which side of the county line your address sits on. You still do the loading.
Most haulers will not quote a price over the phone. You take a morning off for an on-site estimate, then hear a number based on how much of the truck your load fills, calculated in your driveway after everything is already carried out.
Valley resale shops have every right to be selective, and they are. A stain, a cracked frame, or an older appliance and the answer is no, usually after you have already loaded it and driven it over. What they turn down is still yours.
A roll-off ties up a driveway or a street spot for days, and around Old Town the alleys and snow banks leave few good places to set one. Delivery and haul-off land on separate days, HOAs and permits weigh in, and you still fill it yourself.
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No waiting on callbacksLocal Loaders arrive at your location, haul away the junk, and dispose of it responsibly when options allow.
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Most companies charge by truck space, and the price often changes on arrival. LoadUp charges by item, based on exactly what you're removing.
Across all options, not just ours: a real breakdown of what Basalt residents typically pay, so you know what's fair before you book.
Sofas, dressers, bed frames, tables, and more hauled away with ease.
Available in twin, full, queen, king, and California king sizes.
Covers refrigerators, washers, dryers, ovens, dishwashers, water heaters, and more.
Whole-property cleanouts for moves, estates, evictions, and renovations.
TVs, monitors, computers, printers, stereo equipment, and small electronics.
Includes treadmills, ellipticals, weight benches, stationary bikes, and home gym systems.
Add a single bulky item like a couch, dresser, or mattress to your booking.
Mixed everyday items including broken goods, old decor, and accumulated clutter.
Bagged trash, loose debris, and general household waste of all kinds.
Covers drywall, lumber, tile, fixtures, and mixed demolition scrap.
Includes branches, brush, grass clippings, leaves, and other organic yard waste.
Desks, chairs, filing cabinets, cubicle panels, and other office items included.
Moving boxes, shipping cartons, and leftover packing cardboard.
First item includes the pickup fee. Each additional item is a flat add-on. *See Basalt's disposal rules for city bulk exceptions, permits, and restrictions.
Your Loaders deal with the tight basement stairwell and the low garage rafters where old gear stacks up. Each one is background checked and rated by real locals in Basalt after each job.
If everything is already out at the street, in a driveway, or parked at the edge of a shared lot, curbside keeps the stop short and simple. Choose full service when the load is still inside, like a second-floor Willits condo where a shared entry and a stair landing make the carry out the real work, and your Loaders take it from there.
| Pickup Option | Highlight | Best For | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| In-home pickup | Full-service | Removal from anywhere inside your home | from $75 |
| Curbside pickup | Save $5.00 | Place items outside, skip the appointment | from $70 |
| Same-day pickup | Add $10.00 | Urgent pickups booked before noon | from $85 |
| Next day pickup | Flexible | Book next-day or up to 90 days ahead | from $75 |
| Multi-item pickup | Bundle & save | Add-on items in the same pickup for less | from +$15 |
| Item add-on | Optional | Bundle with your junk pickup | from +$15 |
| Full cleanout | Volume discount | Entire room junk removal | Custom |
| Disassembly service | Optional add-on | Large or difficult-to-move items | Custom |
* Starting prices. Final price confirmed by ZIP code and pickup conditions. Volume discounts applied automatically.
Everybody here owns a truck, which is exactly why that dump run down 82 keeps getting pushed another week. Add a tarp, the wind, and the roundabouts, and your Saturday is gone. Your Loaders do the carrying instead, in Elk Run driveways and Southside garages, because we like showing up for Basalt folks who would rather be outside.
Most Basalt pickups mix still-usable furniture with things well past saving, so condition decides the route. Your Loaders sort items at the address and look for reuse options in the Roaring Fork Valley when possible.
Furniture, gear, and appliances in working condition get looked at first for reuse. Your Loader will try a nearby resale or charity drop-off where available, since acceptance depends on what each organization takes that day.
Broken metal bed frames, dead appliances, and electronics restricted from Colorado landfills head toward a recycling or scrap handler instead when local options allow. Your Loaders separate those items before the rest of the load.
Heavily damaged sectionals, crushed box springs, and remodel debris with no reuse left go with your Loaders to a permitted transfer station serving Basalt, handled under whatever that site accepts that day.
Set junk out wrong in Basalt and you risk a wildlife citation or a rejected load, so town, Pitkin County and Eagle County rules matter here.
Basalt's long standing wildlife protection ordinance requires an approved wildlife-resistant container or a fully enclosed dumpster whenever refuse sits outdoors. A first incident typically brings a warning, and a repeat incident can bring a ticket from police.
Since July 2013, state law has kept televisions, monitors, computers, printers and similar devices out of all Colorado landfills, for households and businesses alike. They must go to a recycler, and the Pitkin County Solid Waste Center accepts them.
Refrigerators, freezers, air conditioners and water coolers are accepted at the Pitkin County Solid Waste Center for a flat per-item fee. Refrigerant is evacuated on site so it cannot reach the atmosphere, then the metal is recycled.
Pitkin County counts a construction or demolition load as unsorted when more than ten percent by volume is divertable material. Separating metal, concrete, dirt, rock, brush, untreated lumber and cardboard first keeps the load at the lower rate.
Branches, grass and leaves are taken as organic material at the county solid waste center instead of being buried. Open burning of yard debris and slash is not exempt from Colorado permitting and is banned during fire restrictions.
The Pitkin County Solid Waste Center keeps mattresses out of the landfill because coils tangle compacting equipment. Foam, cotton, steel and wood framing are separated and repurposed, and a per-item fee applies when you drop one off.
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(678) 884-4738Basalt has no municipal bulk pickup program, so junk left at the curb without a scheduled hauler can count as illegal dumping. Private haulers like Waste Management and Vail Honeywagon serve the area, or you can book an on-demand junk removal pickup instead.
LoadUp pricing for junk removal in Basalt starts at $75, and curbside or driveway pickups take $5 off the base price. The first item covers the pickup fee, and each additional item is a flat add-on, so your full total is confirmed upfront. For comparison, the Pitkin County Solid Waste Center charges about $70 per ton for household trash.
Same-day pickup is often open across the Roaring Fork Valley when you book early in the day, and next-day is widely available. Enter your Basalt zip code during booking to see live availability for Willits, Old Town, and surrounding neighborhoods.
Yes, and because Basalt straddles Eagle and Pitkin counties, the rules differ. The Eagle County Landfill will not accept appliances containing Freon, while the Pitkin County Solid Waste Center takes refrigerant units for a flat fee. Household hazardous waste must go to a dedicated facility, never regular trash.
Loaders sort loads and aim to keep usable items out of the landfill whenever possible. In the valley that can mean donation or reuse through programs like the Motherlode Mercantile at the Pitkin County landfill, with recyclables routed to local facilities and only the rest landfilled.
You book online or by phone with an upfront price, choose a date, and your quote is locked in before anyone arrives. On pickup day the Loaders handle all the lifting and loading, so you never have to drag heavy junk out yourself.
For curbside or driveway pickups, no, just leave the junk in an accessible spot and add access notes at booking. For items inside that are heavy or hard to move, someone should be present. Your Loaders call roughly 30 minutes before they arrive.
The main differences are pricing and booking. Traditional haulers like 1-800-GOT-JUNK and local outfits such as HBR Colorado quote by truckload volume, often with an on-site estimate before you get a firm price. LoadUp prices per item online and locks it in before pickup day.
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